fb pixcode

PUBLISHER
Verlag für moderne Kunst

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 8.75 x 11.5 in. / 46 pgs / 71 color / 6 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: FALL 2017 p. 183   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9783903131897 FLAT40
List Price: $29.95 CAD $39.95

AVAILABILITY
In stock

TERRITORY
NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME

"West forces the observer, who is also always a potential actor, user and willing victim, to make gestures of humility."

- Robert Fleck

  

VERLAG FüR MODERNE KUNST

Franz West: Artistclub

Edited with text by Agnes Husslein-Arco, Harald Krejci.

Vienna-based artist Franz West (1947–2012) often explored the way authorship is attributed to artworks through co-authorship and collaboration. This volume showcases his 2011 piece, “Extroversion,” in which 43 different works—by various artists—combined to upend West’s studio kitchen.


Franz West: Artistclub

in stock  $29.95


Free Shipping

UPS GROUND IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
FOR CONSUMER ONLINE ORDERS

FROM THE BOOK
Excerpt from “Never Say Mea Culpa. A Franz West Oral History Report” by Dr. Renée Gadsden

Franz West was not unlike Freud, and often referred to his ideas or quoted his writings. West dug deep into the Viennese soul, and found things hiding there that no one wanted brought to light. While Freud stayed in his doctor’s office collecting neuroses, Franz West went out onto the streets to get rid of them. He transformed his neuroses into artworks, and tirelessly distributed them. He traded them in the early days with restaurant and bar owners for food and drink; he traded his works with other artists. Franz West sold his art with gusto, whether for a pittance or for astronomical prices, like a great Zen master.

West was convivial in the extreme. He craved people, he wanted people, he surrounded himself with friends, enemies, lovers, assistants, collectors, gallery owners, and welcomed anyone willing to join the caravan. Freud needed people too, an endless supply. He required patients in order to collect information for his theories and hypotheses, just as West needed human receptacles where he could place his art and ideas. Both were researchers. Sigmund Freud codified his findings into words. Franz West codified his explorations and questionings into objects. The final result was the same: a map of the human psyche and soul.

FRANZ WEST MONOGRAPHS + ARTIST'S BOOKS

Franz West: Privat

FRANZ WEST: PRIVAT

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783753305868
USD $69.95
| CAD $99.95

Pub Date: 7/2/2024
Active | In stock


Franz West: Otium

FRANZ WEST: OTIUM

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960984207
USD $65.00
| CAD $90

Pub Date: 6/18/2019
Active | In stock


Franz West: Notes

FRANZ WEST: NOTES

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960981251
USD $39.95
| CAD $55

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
Active | Out of stock


Franz West: Artistclub

FRANZ WEST: ARTISTCLUB

Verlag für moderne Kunst

ISBN: 9783903131897
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 7/25/2017
Active | In stock


Franz West: Where Is My Eight?

FRANZ WEST: WHERE IS MY EIGHT?

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783863352813
USD $55.00
| CAD $72.5

Pub Date: 9/30/2013
Active | In stock


Franz West: White Elephant

FRANZ WEST: WHITE ELEPHANT

RM

ISBN: 9788492480807
USD $30.00
| CAD $40

Pub Date: 10/31/2010
Active | Out of stock